Reviews

Quest

Out of Nations

Although dwelling in Berlin, the Out of Nations six-piece soon discovered that each of them had passports for different countries,...

Reviewed in issue November/2018

Naktės

Merope

Recorded in small, cosy rooms and only after dark, this album glitters with a sense of wonder at the special...

Reviewed in issue November/2018

Haven

We Banjo 3

We Banjo 3's infatuation with bluegrass puts down its deepest roots yet in this fervent follow-up to 2016's String Theory....

Reviewed in issue November/2018

Anba Tonèl

Bellegarde

The Montréal percussionist Daniel Bellegarde is devoted to old-time Caribbean ballroom music, in which Africa met Europe in the Creole...

Reviewed in issue November/2018

Ahlam

NES

NES are an intriguing trio. Formed in Valencia, Spain, they are fronted by a remarkable and versatile singer, Nesrine Belmokh....

Reviewed in issue November/2018

Air Fàir an Là

Niteworks

The follow-up to Niteworks' critically acclaimed debut album NW is a beautifully produced and exciting album with some fresh and...

Reviewed in issue November/2018

Rádio Kriola

Catarina Dos Santos

The idea could have proved a little too ambitious, but the truth is that in a single grasp Catarina Dos...

Reviewed in issue November/2018

El Coro de Mi Gente

Amparanoia

All the tracks of this album – Amparanoia's ninth – feature a big-name guest from the Hispanic music world, including...

Reviewed in issue November/2018

Divinities of the Earth and the Waters

Mimika Orchestra

Impish laughter, ethereal percussion and a lone flute open this pan-Slavic album, described – unusually – as the narrative to...

Reviewed in issue November/2018

City Beats

VARIOUS ARTISTS

The impact of the revolutions that swept the Arab world since 2010 on its musicians have rarely been chronicled or...

Reviewed in issue November/2018